From off-books cleaner to legal aide: NY migrants are getting work permits more quickly
Patricia Llivisaca-Ramos was a legal assistant in her native Ecuador but took whatever work she could get after arriving in New York City two years ago.
More than 361,000 work permits were approved in December, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. That’s twice as many as in December 2022, months into an immigration wave that has sent some 180,000 migrants to New York City. Approvals climbed to 382,000 in January, with local data reflected in the national totals.
“They’re not getting enough credit for significant improvement,” said Chishti, referring to changes implemented by the Biden administration, most notably within USCIS. More importantly, advocates said, the quicker authorizations have been critical for newcomers' advancement and key to helping them leave city shelters.
The family fled, traveling from Peru to Mexico. Handlers guided Rodriguez Gomez, her mother and brother, and they eventually landed at a river.She spent two-and-a-half months in a detention facility, after which she arrived in New York and began spending time at the Jackson Heights Immigrant Center. She said it was a formative experience that helps in her current job.
“Nobody was telling them,” said O’Doherty-Naranjo, a former prosecutor. “They didn't know the form. They didn't know anything.” Camille Mackler, the executive director of Immigrant ARC, called it a “pop-up model” for immigration that followed years of deliberation among federal agencies and an understanding that the processing of immigration forms had become antiquated.
Rodriguez Gomez wanted to get her mother and brother something special with her first paycheck. She bought her mother a necklace and earring set, and bought her and her brother new sneakers. She also took the family out to dinner at a Peruvian restaurant, Pio Pio.Yair Julio Tucno Moquillaza, 20, from Peru, received his work permit in March but hasn't started looking for work. His mother now has her work authorization and provides for him, while he pursues his education.
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